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Laws Governing Embalmers 

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Compiled and Published 
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STATE BOARD OF EMBALMING 

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EMBALMING LAWS 


OF 


The State of Wyomin 


(Chapter 64, Session Laws 1913) 


WITH THE 

Rules and Regulations Thereunder 

ADOPTED BY 


The State Board of Embalming 


PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY 
MAY 23, 1913 


STATE BOARD OF EMBALMING 
1913-1914 

W. A. Wyman, M. D., President.Cheyenne 

H. D. Gleason, Secretary.Cheyenne 

H. Rasmusson .Rawlins 


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CHEYENNE, WYO. 

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EMBALMING LAWS 

OF THE 

State of Wyoming 


THE STATE BOARD OF EMBALMING. 

AN ACT to regulate the embalming and transportation of dead human 
bodies, creating a State Board of Embalming, defining its powers 
and duties, and providing penalties for the violation of this act* 
and making an appropriation to cover necessary expenses. 

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming: 

Members—Term. 

Section 1. There is hereby established and created a board to be 
known as the Wyoming State Board of Embalming. The board shall 
consist of three persons to be appointed by the Governor, with the con¬ 
sent of the Senate, and all vacancies pcpy^rring on the board shall be 
filled by the Governor, who shall also haVe *power to remove from of¬ 
fice any member of said board for neglect.of duty, incompetency or 
improper conduct. The Secretary of the State Board of Health shall be 
.President of the Board of Embalming, and the other members shall be 
licensed embalmers and shall serve for a term of three years, except 
those first appointed who shall serve, one for three years and one for 
two years. The board shall elect one of the embalmers to act as secre¬ 
tary and treasurer who shall be executive officer of the board in mat¬ 
ters relating to the duties of the board when the board is not in session, 
and who shall furnish such bond as may be required by the board. The 
members of the State Board of Embalming shall be residents of the 
State of Wyoming, and except for the president, shall each have had 
at least three years’ experience in the practice of embalming and dispo¬ 
sition of the dead human body, and who shall each have had for two 
years previous to their appointment an unexpired embalming license. 
This does not apply to those first appointed. 

Certificate of Appointment. 

Sec. 2. The Governor shall furnish each person appointed to serve 
on the Board of Embalming a certificate of appointment. The ap¬ 
pointee shall qualify by taking the usual oath of office before any per¬ 
son authorized to administer oaths, of the county in which said person 
may reside, within ten days after said appointment has been made, and 
this fact shall be noted on the certificate of appointment, and shall 
be filed with the State Board of Health. 

Meetings. 

Sec. 3. The State Board of Embalming shall meet at least once 
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each year and may meet as often and at such place as the proper and 
efficient discharge of its duties may require. Two members shall con¬ 
stitute a quorum, provided one of them be the president of the board. 

Embalmers Must Procure License. 

Sec. 4. Within ninety days from and after the passage of this act 
it shall be the duty of every embalmer, now engaged or desiring to en¬ 
gage in the practice of embalming dead human bodies within the State 
of Wyoming and others duly qualified holding a state license from an¬ 
other state, and who shall now be practicing embalming in the State 
of Wyoming, to cause his or her name and residence to be registered 
with the State Board of Embalming, which shall keep a file for that 
purpose. And the said board shall issue to every such person, who 
shall so register and who shall furnish to the said board satisfactory 
proofs by affidavits or otherwise of his or her qualifications as herein¬ 
before set forth, a license to practice the science of embalming; pro¬ 
vided each embalmer so qualified shall accompany such application 
with a license fee of fifteen dollars. Such license shall be signed by 
the president and secretary of the board and attested by its seal. 

Application and Examination. 

Sec. 5. After ninety days from and after the passage of this act, 
every person now engaged or desiring to engage in the practice of em¬ 
balming dead human bodies within the State of Wyoming, and wffio 
does not hold an unexpired embalmer’s license issued by this board, 
shall make a written application upon blanks to be furnished by the 
board, to the State Board of Embalming for a license, accompanying 
the same with a license fee of fifteen dollars; whereupon the applicant 
as aforesaid, shall present himself or herself before said board, at a 
time and place fixed by said board, and if the board shall find upon, 
examination that the applicant is of good moral character, possessed of 
skill and knowledge of said science of embalming and of the care and 
disposition of the dead, and has reasonable knowledge of sanitation 
and disinfection of bodies of deceased persons and the apartments, 
clothing and bedding, in case of death from infectious and contagious 
diseases, the board shall issue to such applicant a license to practice 
said science of embalming and the care and disposition of the dead, and 
shall register applicant as a duly licensed embalmer. Such license to 
be signed by the president and secretary of the board and attested by 
its seal. Each applicant for a license must receive a mark of at least 
seventy-five per cent, in a scale of one hundred before a license shall be 
granted. All persons receiving such license shall display same in the 
office of said licentiate. 

Annual Renewal. 

Sec. 6 . Every registered embalmer, who desires to continue the 
practice of his profession, shall annually thereafter, during the time he 
shall continue in such practice, on such date as the board shall deter¬ 
mine, pay to the secretary of said board a fee of two dollars for the 
renewal of registration. 

Unlawful Practice and Transportation. 

Sec. 7. On and after ninety days from the passage of this act, it 
shall be unlawful for any person not a licensed embalmer, as herein 
provided, to advertise, practice, or pretend to practice the science of 


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embalming, either by arterial or cavity treatment, or to prepare to 
ship by railroad, express or any common carrier, any dead human body, 
except according to rules adopted by this board. It shall be unlawful 
for any person, railroad, express company or any common carrier, to 
receive for transportation any dead human body unless said body has 
been prepared by a regular licensed embalmer, except in accordance 
with the rules prescribed by the State Board of Embalming. Nothing 
in this act shall apply to or in any manner interfere with the duties 
of any officer of the law, nor shall this act apply to any person en¬ 
gaged simply in the furnishing of burial receptacles for the dead and 
burying the dead, but not embalming. 

Compensation. 

Sec. 8. The members of this board shall receive no salary, except 
the secretary, who shall receive the sum of twenty-five dollars per 
month, but each member of the board shall be allowed five dollars 
per day and necessary expenses for each day actually spent in the 
work of the board; provided that this per diem shall not be allowed for 
more than six days at any one examination. 

Misdemeanor. Penalty. 

‘ Sec. 9. Any person who shall advertise, practice or hold himself 
or herself as practicing the science of embalming without having com¬ 
plied with the provisions of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor 
and upon conviction thereof before any court, shall be sentenced to pay 
a fine of not less than fifty dollars nor more than one hundred dol¬ 
lars for each and every offense; and any person, railroad, express 
company or common carrier, who shall violate the provisions of this 
act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall pay a fine of not less 
than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars for each 
and every offense. 

Privileges. 

Sec. 10. The State Board of Embalming and schools for teaching 
embalming shall have extended to them the same privileges as to the 
use of bodies for dissecting, demonstrating or teaching as those granted 
in this state to medical colleges. 

Coroner’s Permission to Embalm. 

Sec. 11. It shall be unlawful to embalm a dead human body when 
any fact within the knowledge or brought to the attention of the em¬ 
balmer is sufficient to arouse suspicion of crime in connection with 
the cause of death of the deceased, until permission of the coroner, or 
justice of the peace (if there be no coroner available) has first been 
obtained. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be 
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall 
be fined not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than one hundred 
dollars. 

Shipping Pasters. 

Sec. 12. All licensed embalmers shall use shipping pasters, to be 
furnished by the State Board of Embalming and approved by the 
State Board of Health. No railroad, express company or common car¬ 
rier shall accept for transportation any dead human body, unless such 
body is accompanied by said shipping paster properly filled out and 
signed. 


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Exemption from Jury Service. 

Sec. 13. All embalmers licensed under the provisions of this act, 
who are regularly engaged in the business of embalming, shall be and 
they are exempted from jury service. 

Secretary’s Register. 

Sec. 14. The secretary of the State Board of Embalming shall 
keep a record in which shall be registered the names and residence of 
all persons to whom a certificate of license, as herein provided, has 
been granted, and the number and date of these licenses; a copy of this 
record shall be furnished to all those holding a license and to the var¬ 
ious transportation companies of the State of Wyoming. 

Rules and Regulations. 

Sec. 15. The State Board of Embalming shall, from time to time, 
adopt rules and regulations, not inconsistent with the laws of the State 
of Wyoming or of the United States, whereby the performance of the 
duties of this board and the practice of embalming dead human bodies 
and transportation of same shall be regulated. All companies or in¬ 
dividuals operating or controlling railroads, express companies, electric 
railways, coaches, public and private conveyances, and all licensed em¬ 
balmers in the State of Wyoming shall obey the rules and regulations 
when made; and any licensed embalmer, or any person or owner having 
in charge any railroad train, passenger coach, electric railway, public 
or private conveyance, who shall refuse or neglect to obey such rules 
and regulations when made, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and for 
each offense shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty dollars 
nor more than two hundred dollars. 

Embalming Fund. 

Sec. 16. There is hereby established an embalming fund in the 
treasury of the State of Wyoming to be kept by the proper officers of 
the state as a separate and distinct fund. All moneys which may be 
received by the State Board of Embalming in payment of licenses and 
renewals of same, shall be paid into this fund. All printing, postage 
and other contingent expenses necessarily incurred under the provi¬ 
sions of this act, together with all salaries, expenses and per diem to 
members of the board shall be paid from said fund. No warrant shall 
be drawn upon said embalming fund except upon written order of the 
president of the board and attested by the secretary thereof, the same 
having been previously authorized by the board; and in addition to the 
fees received for licenses and renewals of same, there is hereby appro¬ 
priated out of any funds in the treasury of the State of Wyoming not 
otherwise appropriated the sum of one thousand dollars or so much 
thereof as shall be necessary for the purpose of carrying out the pro¬ 
visions of this act for the two years ending March 31st, 1915; pro¬ 
vided, that so much of this appropriation as may be necessary shall be 
applied to the payment of accounts necessarily accruing prior to March 
31st, 1913. 

Sec. 17. All acts and parts of acts in conflict with this act are 
hereby repealed. 

Sec. 18. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after 
its passage. 

Approved February 25, 1913. 


Rules and Regulations 

GOVERNING THE 

Wyoming State Board of Embalming 

Its Officers, Licensed Embalmers and 
Applicants for Licenses 


Rule 1. The officers of the State Board of Embalming shall consist 
of a President and a Secretary. The Secretary of the State Board of 
Health shall be President of this Board which shall elect as Secretary 
one of the licensed embalmers appointed by the Governor, who shall 
also act as Treasurer. The Secretary shall serve for the term to which 
he was appointed, or until his successor is duly qualified, unless removed 
for cause. . 

Rule 2. The President shall preside at all meetings of the Board; 
call special meetings, countersign all warrants, approve and keep in 
custody bond of the Secretary, administer oaths and perform such 
other duties as may pertain to his office. 

Rule 3. The Secretary shall be the executive officer of the Board 
and is required to keep a record of the names of all to whom a license 
has been granted, giving number and date of such license. A copy 
of this record and the rules and regulations of this Board, together 
with a list of embalmers licensed by this Board, shall be furnished to 
all those holding a valid license, issued by the Board, also to the various 
transportation companies doing business in this State. He shall collect 
all fees and renewals, giving his receipt therefor and shall make record 
of all forfeited, revoked and expired licenses. He shall countersign 
all licenses and warrants, keep a record of all meetings of the Board, 
turn over to the State Treasurer quarterly all moneys received by him. 
A numerical record of all shipping pasters furnished to each embalmer 
must be kept by the Secretary, also a record of all shipments of dead 
human bodies reported, showing name of embalmer, his license number, 
residence, paster number, date of shipment, name of dead body, initial 
point of shipment, destination, and name of the transportation company, 
and perform all other duties pertaining to his office. Before taking 
possession of his office he shall file with the President of the Board 
a bond in the sum of One Thousand ($1000.00) Dollars, executed 
in some good bonding company, the expense of which shall be paid 
out of the funds of the State Board of Embalming. At the expiration 
of his term of office he shall turn over to his successor all books, prop- 



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erty and moneys of the Board in his possession, taking a receipt there¬ 
for. He shall receive a salary of twenty-five ($25.00) dollars per 
month and traveling and incidental expenses, hotel bills, etc., when 
performing the duties of his office. 

Rule 4. The Board shall hold two meetings each year for examina¬ 
tion, one commencing the second Wednesday in January, and one com¬ 
mencing the second Wednesday in July, examination of applicants 
to begin at 9 o’clock a. m., said meetings to be held in the City of 
Cheyenne. Other meetings for transaction of business of the Board 
shall convene at the call of the President. 

Rule 5. Embalmers must report or satisfactorily account for all 
yellow pasters which have been furnished them. 

Rule 6. No person shall embalm any dead human body, unless 
he or she shall hold a valid, unrevoked and unexpired license from the 
Wyoming State Board of Embalming authorizing him or her to prac¬ 
tice the art of embalming. Every person, not holding such license, 
desiring to qualify as competent to embalm and prepare dead human 
bodies, shall comply with the following requirements: 

(a) All applications to the State Board of Embalming for a license 
shall be on forms as furnished by the Board and shall contain all in¬ 
formation asked for therein. Said applicants shall state their full 
name, age, residence, place of business, length of time practiced under 
licensed embalmer, (holding a valid license) and the names of same, 
and number of bodies embalmed under their personal supervision; 
together with a certificate of recommendation signed by a legal phy¬ 
sician, and two reputable business or professional men who have been 
personally acquainted with the applicant at least one year, certifying 
to his or her moral character and general standing and that he or she 
is qualified as applicant: all of which shall be subscribed and sworn to 
by the applicant before a Notary Public. 

(b) A fee of $15.00 shall accompany each application. 

(c) Applicants shall be at least twenty-one (21) years of age; 
shall be actually engaged in the business as proprietor or employee. 
Applicants shall have had two years actual experience in assisting in 
embalming and preparing dead human bodies. Or, provided the 
applicant furnishes a certificate, showing that said applicant has at¬ 
tended, completed and passed a full and complete course of schooling 
in a reputable school of embalming (approved by the State Board of 
Embalming) sworn to by the Secretary or President of said school, 
it will only be necessary that the applicant shall have had one year’s 
actual experience in assisting in embalming and preparing dead human 
bodies. Applicants shall have embalmed and prepared for burial 
or shipment at least twenty-five (25) dead human bodies under the 
personal direction and supervision of a licensed embalmer holding a 
valid license. It is further required that an applicant shall have 
completed a course of schooling equivalent to the ninth grade. 

(d) Applicants must be able to pass such an examination as shall 
be prescribed by the State Board of Embalming in the visceral anatomy 
of the body, the action and comparative value of germicides, the meth¬ 
ods of embalming, the further precautions after embalming to insure 
safety of the public, the transportation of bodies of those who have 
died of an infectious or contagious disease, the meaning of infection 
and disinfection, and shall be required to prove to the satisfaction 


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of the Board their proficiency as embalmers by practical operations 
on cadaver, if obtainable. They must also be conversant with the law 
and rules governing the transportation of dead human bodies, and 
such other topics as said Board may, from time to time, see fit to name. 

Rule 7. No applicants who have not fully complied with the rules 
and regulations governing applicants for license will be accepted for 
examination. 

Rule 8. False statements or statements made for the purpose of 
obtaining a license shall be cause for a refusal to grant same; and 
any applicant found to have made false statements in applying for a 
license shall have the same revoked, and any fee paid for same shall 
be forfeited. 

Rule 9. This Board shall select the questions for examination. 

Rule 10. The applicant for a license shall receive an average 
grade of at least seventy-five (75) per cent, in written, oral [and 
practical demonstration before a license shall be granted. 

Rule 11. Applicants who fail to pass will be entitled to any exam¬ 
ination which may be held by the Board within two years from date 
of first examination without extra fee. 

Rule 12. The annual renewal fee for license shall be two (2) 
dollars, payable in advance, same being forwarded to the Secretary 
with the application. 

Rule 13. All licenses expire December 31st of each year as pro¬ 
vided by law and record shall be made of same in the record kept 
by the Secretary, unless renewal fee is paid on or prior to this date. 

Rule 14. The State Board of Embalming will not issue or renew 
licenses to persons who have, by false and fraudulent representations, 
obtained or sought to obtain practice in their profession, or by false 
or fraudulent representation have obtained or sought to obtain money 
or anything of value, or for any other unprofessional. or disorderly 
conduct, or for the wilful violation of any law relating to the public 
health, or of any rule of the State Board of Embalming; and the Board 
may revoke any license for such causes. But such license shall not 
be revoked until the holder shall be given reasonable notice of the 
charge against him, and an opportunity for a full hearing before the 
said Board. 

Rule 15. When an embalmer has allowed his license to have lapsed 
for any reason whatsoever, his license and number may be reinstated 
by the proper application of such embalmer, said application to be ac¬ 
companied by two dollars ($2.00) and all back dues to date, where¬ 
upon the State Board of Embalming may reinstate such applicant, 
using their judgment and discretion. 

Rule 16. In cases where original certificate of Embalmer’s License 
has been destroyed, the State Board of Embalming will issue a duplicate 
license, provided applicant furnishes affidavit stating how original 
was destroyed and pays a fee of One Dollar ($1.00). 

Rule 17. No duplicates of license numbers shall be issued in any 
case should a number become vacant; and no temporary certificate 
or license shall be granted pending examination of applicants. 




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The foregoing rules have been adopted by the Wyoming State 
Board of Embalming. 

H. D. GLEASON, Secretary, 

Cheyenne, Wyoming. 












Rules and Regulations 

GOVERNING THE 

Preparation and Transportation of Dead Human Bodies 

in the State of Wyoming 


USE YELLOW PASTER. 

Rule 1. Yellow Pasters used for the transportation of dead 
human bodies must contain Registrar’s Removal Permit, Licensed 
Embalmer’s Certificates Nos. 1 and 2, Railway and Express Transit 
Form. Paster must be approved by the Wyoming State Board of 
Health. Said Pasters to be furnished by the Wyoming State Board 
of Embalming, and issued only to embalmers holding a valid license 
from said Board. 

The embalmer who prepares a body.for shipment must fill out 
Licensed Embalmer’s Certificates Nos. 1 and 2, also secure Registrar’s 
Removal Permit, all properly filled out in duplicate and signed. Said 
Embalmer shall detach Original Licensed Embalmer’s Certificate No. 
2 and immediately forward same to the Secretary of the Wyoming 
State Board of Embalming. The Registrar shall detach entire Dupli¬ 
cate Paster and immediately forward the same to the Secretary of the 
State Board of Health, Cheyenne, Wyoming. 

The Agent of any railway or common carrier who receives an 
embalmed dead human body for transportation must fill out Railway 
or Express Transit Form in duplicate and sign. He shall securely 
tack (do not paste or put in envelope), Original Yellow Paster con¬ 
taining Registrar’s Removal Permit, Licensed Embalmer’s Certificate 
No. 1, and Transit Form, on top of shipping box or case (so it can be 
easily read), and said Yellow Paster must accompany body to destina¬ 
tion. 

No person, railway company, or common carrier shall receive for 
transportation any dead human body unless said body is accompanied 
by a valid Paster, properly filled out and signed. 

No embalmed dead human body (except disinterred body) shall 
be accepted for transportation unless process has been completed 
at least twelve (12) hours. 

The use of embalming fluids, hardening compounds and preser¬ 
vatives for the preparation of dead human bodies, containing mineral 
poison, is strictly forbidden in the State of Wyoming after October 
1st, 1913, and "the labels on containers shall read: “No Mineral 
Poison”. 

All embalming fluids used for embalming, in the State of Wyo¬ 
ming, shall have the per cent, of formaldehyde gas as contained in 


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the original package, and also the per cent, of formaldehyde gas as 
used according to directions, plainly and correctly stated on the label. 

All shipping boxes or cases must have at least six (6) handles. 

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES. 

Rule 2. The bodies of those who have died of measles, erysipelas, 
diphtheria, (or any diphtheritic disease, including heart failure, croup, 
membraneous croup, angina maligna, putrid sore throat, malignant 
sore throat), scarlet fever, (sometimes called scarlatina, scarlet rash, 
scarlatinal nephritis, canker rash, rash) Rocky Mountain spotted 
fever, glanders, anthrax, small-pox, (variola, varioloid), chicken-pox, 
(varicella), Asiatic cholera, yellow fever, typhus fever, bubonic plague, 
spinal meningitis, pellagra, anterior poliomyelitis (infantile paralysis), 
or leprosy, shall not be transported nor accepted for transportation 
unless prepared by being thoroughly disinfected by (a) arterial and 
cavity injection with an approved disinfecting fluid containing not 
less than fourteen (14) per cent, of 40 per cent, formaldehyde solution 
and that the amount of fluid injected arterially, in addition to cavity 
injection, must not be less than one-thirteenth (1-13) of the body 
weight; (b) disinfecting, and stopping all orifices with dry absorbent 
cotton; (c) washing the body with a disinfectant, i. e., a solution of 
bichloride of mercury 1 to 1000 (7 Y, grains of the bichloride of mercury 
to one pint of water), and enveloping body in a sheet saturated with 
same solution. After being prepared and disinfected as above, such 
body shall be enclosed in ^n air-tight, metallic, zinc, tin, copper, or 
lead-lined coffin or casket, all joints and seams hermetically sealed or 
soldered and all encased in a strong, outside wooden or metal box. 
Or, the body being prepared and disinfected as above, may be enclosed 
in a coffin or casket, and the coffin or casket encased in an air-tight, 
metallic, zinc, tin or copper-lined, wooden shipping box, or all-metal 
shipping case, all joints and seams hermetically sealed or soldered. 

The embalmer must adhere strictly to modern, sanitary methods 
in regard to disinfection, in preparing dead human bodies for shipment 
under this rule. 


NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES. 

Rule 3. Bodies dead from any cause not stated in Rule 2, may 
be received for transportation when prepared by being thoroughly 
disinfected by (a) arterial and cavity injections, with an approved 
disinfecting fluid containing not less than 10 per cent, of 40 per cent, 
formaldehyde solution; (b) disinfecting, and stopping all orifices 
with dry absorbent cotton; and (c) washing body with a disinfectant. 
After being prepared and disinfected as above, such bodies shall be 
enclosed in a coffin or casket, encased in a strong outside, wooden box 
or metal shipping case. 

THIRTY HOUR LIMIT. 

Rule 4. Bodies dead from any cause not stated in Rule 2, may 
be received for transportation when Rule 2 as to hermetical-sealing 
is observed, provided they can reach their destination within thirty 
(30) hours from the time of death. If the body cannot reach its des¬ 
tination within thirty (30) hours from the time of death, it must be 
prepared for shipment by a Wyoming licensed embalmer in the manner 
directed in Rule 3. 


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MANGLED, BURNED, ETC. 

Rule 5. Bodies dead from any cause not stated in Rule 2, such 
as bodies badly mangled or burned that cannot be prepared under 
Rule 3, may be accepted for transportation by being thoroughly dis¬ 
infected by an approved disinfecting compound or preservative and 
by using air-tight sealing as required in Rule 2. 

MEDICAL SCHOOLS, ANATOMY, ETC. 

Rule 6. The bodies of those dead from any cause except puer¬ 
peral fever and those stated in Rule 2 to be used for demonstration 
of anatomy, in colleges and schools of embalming, or for the use of the 
State Board of Embalming, may be received for transportation when 
prepared by being thoroughly disinfected by arterial injection with 
an approved disinfecting fluid. After being prepared as above, such 
bodies shall be enclosed in a coffin or casket, encased in a strong, wooden 
box, or in a zinc, tin, copper or metal-lined box, or metallic shipping 
case. 

DISINTERRED BODIES. 

Rule 7. Before bodies can be disinterred, a Disinterment Permit 
must be obtained from the Secretary of the State Board of Health. 
The Disinterment Permit must be tacked (Do not paste or put in en¬ 
velope) on top of shipping box, same as the Yellow Paster, and must 
accompany body to destination. Local Registrars will issue to Wyo¬ 
ming Licensed Embalmers only, Removal Permits for disinterred bodies 
upon presentation of a Disinterment Permit properly signed by the 
Secretary of the State Board of Health. 

No disinterred body dead from any disease or cause named in 
Rule 2, shall be accepted for transportation until after dead at least 
two years. All disinterred bodies shall be treated as infectious or dan¬ 
gerous to public health, and shall not be accepted for transportation* 
unless said removal has been approved by the authorities having juris¬ 
diction where such body is disinterred, and the consent of the author¬ 
ities of the locality to where the body is consigned has first been ob¬ 
tained, and all such disinterred remains shall be enveloped in a blanket 
saturated with a solution of bichloride of mercury, 1:1000 and enclosed 
in an air-tight, metallic, zinc, tin, copper or lead-lined coffin or casket, 
all joints and seams hermetically sealed or soldered and encased in 
a strong, outside, wooden or metal box. Or, casket enveloped in 
a blanket saturated as above, encased in an air-tight, metallic, zinc, 
tin, copper or metal-lined box or metal shipping case, all joints or seams 
hermetically sealed or soldered. 

Bodies may be placed in receiving vaults awaiting shipment if 
prepared according to Rules 2 and 3, provided shipment is made within 
thirty (30) days from time of death. After thirty (30) days, rules 
governing disinterred bodies shall be enforced. 

RE-SHIPMENT. 

Rule 8. Bodies which have been embalmed and are in good condi¬ 
tion may be re-shipped by a Wyoming Licensed Embalmer by using 
Yellow Paster, filling out Licensed Embalmer’s Certificates Nos. 
1 and 2, and copying Original Physician’s, Coroner’s, Health Officer’s 
Certificates or Registrar’s Removal Permit. 

Bodies not in good condition shall not be re-shipped until said 


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bodies have been prepared and disinfected according to the rules gov¬ 
erning the preparation and transportation of dead human bodies in 
this State. 

DEAD BODIES IN TRANSIT. 

Rule 9. It is further ordered by the State Board of Embalming, 
that every dead human body coming into this State of Wyoming 
in transit or for burial from other States, shall be accompanied by 
Physician’s, Coroner’s, Health Officer’s Certificate or Registrar’s 
Removal Permit, stating cause of death, etc., also by a certificate of 
a Licensed Embalmer, stating that the body has been embalmed ac¬ 
cording to the transportation rules of the State from where said body 
was shipped. 


The foregoing rules have been adopted by the Wyoming State 
Board of Embalming. 

H. D. GLEASON, Secretary State Board of Embalming, 

Cheyenne, Wyoming. 







LICENSED EMBALMERS 

IN THE 

STATE OF WYOMING 


LICENSE 

no. NAME RESIDENCE 

27 Ace, Elmer W.Rock Springs 

19 Ace, George W.•.Rock Springs 

10 Barnes, Merlin D. Lusk 

20 Bennett, Harry K.Rawlins 

5 Benson, John A...Cheyenne 

23 Brady, John F.Rock Springs 

17 Bryan, Roy E. Evanston 

18 Cassell, Lewis L.•.Greybull 

8 Champion, Chas. A.Sheridan 

9 Condit, Elwyn W.Laramie 

31 Dobler, George F.Riverton 

28 Dunaway, Ferren E.Basin 

16 Durnford, Rae W. Evanston 

4 Early, Clyde.Cheyenne 

15 Elquist, Chas. A.Torrington 

7 Embree, R. Howard.Kemmerer 

21 Englehart, W. Milton.Encampment 

30 Flint, John C.Buffalo 

14 Foshay, Wilbur .Casper 

35 Fox, Wm. R.Gillette 

38 Gay, Lew M.Thermopolis 

2 Gleason, Herbert D.Cheyenne 

13 Hofman, Christian H.Douglas 

33 Holdrege, Fred E. Thermopolis 

39 Holdrege, Mae S.Thermopolis 

3 Huckfeldt, John . . ..Cheyenne 

24 Jensen, Clement E.Saratoga 

12 Johnson, Earnest W.Laramie 

26 McCallum, N. John. Wheatland 

34 McKenna, Elizabeth.Lander 

6 McNulty, John F.Rock Springs 

29 Manahan, Charles S.Newcastle 

1 Rasmusson, Henry.Rawlins 

22 Rasmusson, Mabel A.Rawlins 

37 Roberts, Matthew C.Sundance 

25 Rogan, Frank P.Rock Springs 

36 Smith, George L.Sheridan 

40 Tallon, George M.Rairden 

32 Thompson, John A.Thermopolis 

11 Vogel, John H.Cody 













































TO BE TACKED ON TOP SHIPPING BOX BY RAILWAY OR EXPRESS AGENT 


ORIGINAL 


THE STATE 


PASTER 

For the Transportation of Dead Human Bodies 

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FOR USE ONLY BY WYOMING LICENSED EMBALMERS 


OF WYOMING 


County .... 
Township 
City. 


Department of 

STATE BOARD OF HEALTH 
Bureau of Vital Statistics. 

REMOVAL PERMIT 


Permit No.. 

Reg. Dist. No. 


Full name . , Date of Death . .Hour, . 

Disease causing death .,. , Age . ., Sex . , Color 

Removal to . , Via . 


P. M. 
A. M. 


Medical Attendant ..., Address ... 

A certificate of death having been filed in my office in accordance with the laws of Wyoming, I hereby authorize the REMOVAL of the 
body of said deceased person as stated above. 


Dated., 191.. 


Signed: ., Local Registrar 


Licensed Embalmer’s Certificate No. 1 

I hereby certify that the dead body of . . 

who died of..., consigned to.... 

City of ., County of., State of. 

has been prepared for transportation by me strictly in accordance with 

RULE No. (.) and that I hold a valid license No. (.), issued by The Wyoming Stab Board of Embalming. 

Signed:., Licensed Embalmer. Residence ... 


., Wyoming 


From 

via .... 


AGENTS OR BAGGAGEMAN MUST FILL OUT FORM BELOW. 

RAILWAY TRANSIT FORM 

Date . 

. Wyoming to final destination ....—. , State 


191. 


R. R.’s via Junctions 


Corpse Check No. 


Signed:. 


/ 


EXPRESS TRANSIT FORM 


Consignor . 

From .. 

Via . 

Corpse W. B. No.. 


., Date. 


Date . 

... Consignee . 

Wyoming, to final destination . 

... Express via Junction Points . 

. Signed:. 


I Agent. 

) Baggageman. 


.., 191. 


. , State 


... Express Agent 


SEE RULES AND INSTRUCTIONS ON OPPOSITE SIDE. 


ORIGINAL 


FILL OUT AND SEND TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE BOARD OF EMBALMING. 

Licensed Embalmer’s Certificate No. 2 


8G0 


A. M. 

, Hour of death.P. M. 


THIS IS TO CERTIFY, That I prepared in accordance with 

Rule No. (.), the dead body of. 

who died of.Date of death .-j. 

shipped from city of..» County of. .Wyoming, to city 

0 f .. County of .. State of. 

on date.. 19., by (give name of - j 0 /^^Co5Ky ( used) . 

and that I hold a Valid License No. (.), issued by the State Board of Embalming of the State of Wyoming. 

Signed: .. Licensed Embalmer. Residence . Wyoming. 

























































































RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE PREPARATION 
AND TRANSPORTATION OF DEAD HUMAN BODIES 
IN THE STATE OF WYOMING 


USE YELLOW PASTER. 

Rule 1. Yellow Pasters used for the transportation of dead 
human bodies must contain Registrar’s Removal Permit, Licensed 
Embalmer’s Certificates Nos. 1 and 2, Railway and Express Transit 
Form. Paster must be approved by the Wyoming State Board of 
Health. Said Pasters to be furnished by the Wyoming State Board 
of Embalming, and issued only to embalmers holding a valid license 
from said Board. 

The embalmer who prepares a body for shipment must fill out 
Licensed Embalmcr’s Certificates Nos. 1 and 2, also secure Registrar’s 
Removal Permit, all properly filled out in duplicate and signed. Said 
Embalmer shall detach Original Licensed Embalmer’s Certificate No. 
2 and immediately forward same to the Secretary of the Wyoming 
State Board of Embalming. The Registrar shall detach entire Dupli¬ 
cate Paster and immediately forward the same to the Secretary of the 
State Board of Health, Cheyenne, Wyoming. 

The Agent of any railway or common carrier who receives an 
embalmed dead human body for transportation must fill out Railway 
or Express Transit Form in' duplicate and sign. He shall securely 
tack (do not paste or put in envelope), Original Yellow Paster con¬ 
taining Registrar’s Removal Permit, Licensed Embalmer’s Certificate 
No. 1, and Transit Form, on top of shipping box or case (so it can be 
easily read), and said Yellow Paster must accompany body to destina¬ 
tion. 

No person, railway company, or common carrier shall receive for 
transportation any dead human body unless said body is accompanied 
by a valid Paster, properly filled out and signed. 

No embalmed dead human body (except disinterred body) shall 
be accepted for transportation unless process has been completed 
at least twelve (12) hours. 

The use of embalming fluids, hardening compounds and preser¬ 
vatives for the preparation of dead human bodies, containing mineral 
poison, is strictly forbidden in the State of Wyoming after October 
1st, 1913, and the labels on containers shall read: “No Mineral 
Poison”. 

All embalming fluids used for embalming, in the State of Wyo¬ 
ming, shall have the per cent, of formaldehyde gas as contained in 
the original package, and also the per cent, of formaldehyde gas as 
used according to directions, plainly and correctly stated on the label. 

All shipping boxes or cases must have at least six (6) handles. 

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES. 

Rule 2. The bodies of those who have died of measles, erysipelas, 
diphtheria, (or any diphtheritic disease, including heart failure, croup, 
membraneous croup, angina maligna, putrid sore throat, malignant 
sore throat), scarlet fever, (sometimes called scarlatina, scarlet rash, 
scarlatinal nephritis, canker rash, rash) Rocky Mountain spotted 
fever, glanders, anthrax, small-pox, (variola, varioloid), chicken-pox, 
(varicella), Asiatic cholera, yellow fever, typhus fever, bubonic plague, 
spinal meningitis, pellagra, anterior poliomyelitis (infantile paralysis), 
or leprosy, shall not be transported nor accepted for transportation 
unless prepared by being thoroughly disinfected by (a) arterial and 
cavity injection with an approved disinfecting fluid containing not 
less than fourteen (14) per cent, of 40 per cent, formaldehyde solution 
and that the amount of fluid injected arterially, in addition to cavity 
injection, must not be less than one-thirteenth (1-13) of the body 
weight; (b) disinfecting, and stopping all orifices with dry absorbent 
cotton; (c) washing the body with a disinfectant, i. e., a solution of 
bichloride of mercury 1 to 1000 (7 Yz grains of the bichloride of mercury 
to one pint of water), and enveloping body in a sheet saturated with 
same solution. After being prepared and disinfected as above, such 
body shall be enclosed in an air-tight, metallic, zinc, tin, copper, or 
lead-lined coffin or casket, all joints and seams hermetically sealed or 
soldered and all encased in a strong, outside wooden or metal box. 
Or, the body being prepared and disinfected as above, may be enclosed 
in a coffin or casket, and the coffin or casket encased in an air-tight, 
metallic, zinc, tin or copper-lined, wooden shipping box, or all-metal 
shipping case, all joints and seams hermetically sealed or soldered. 

The embalmer must adhere strictly to modern, sanitary methods 
in regard to disinfection, in preparing dead human bodies for shipment 
under this rule. 

NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES. 

Rule 3. Bodies dead from any cause not stated in Rule 2, may 
be received for transportation when prepared by being thoroughly 
disinfected by (a) arterial and cavity injections, with an approved 
disinfecting fluid containing not less than 10 per cent, of 40 per cent, 
formaldehyde solution; (b) disinfecting, and stopping all orifices 
with dry absorbent cotton; and (c) washing body with a disinfectant. 


After being prepared and disinfected as above, such bodies shall be 
enclosed in a coffin or casket, encased in a strong outside, wooden box 
or metal shipping case. 

THIRTY HOUR LIMIT. 

Rule 4. Bodies dead from any cause not stated in Rule 2, may 
be received for transportation when Rule 2 as to hermetical-sealing 
is observed, provided they can reach their destination within thirty 
(30) hours from the time of death. If the body cannot reach its des¬ 
tination within thirty (30) horns from the time of death, it must be 
prepared for shipment by a Wyoming licensed embalmer in the manner 
directed in Rule 3. 

MANGLED, BURNED, ETC. 

Rule 5. Bodies dead from any cause not stated in Rule 2, such 
as bodies badly mangled or burned that cannot be prepared under 
Rule 3, may be accepted for transportation by being thoroughly dis¬ 
infected by an approved disinfecting compound or preservative and 
by using air-tight sealing as required in Rule 2. 

MEDICAL SCHOOLS, ANATOMY, ETC. 

Rule 6. The bodies of those dead from any cause except puer¬ 
peral fever and those stated in Rule 2 to be used for demonstration 
of anatomy, in colleges and schools of embalming, or for the use of the 
State Board of Embalming, may be received for transportation when 
prepared by being thoroughly disinfected by arterial injection with 
an approved disinfecting fluid. After being prepared as above, such 
bodies shall be enclosed in a coffin or casket, encased in a strong, wooden 
box, or in a zinc, tin, copper or metal-lined box, or metallic shipping 
case. 

DISINTERRED BODIES. 

Rule 7. Before bodies can be disinterred, a Disinterment Permit 
must be obtained from the Secretary of the State Board of Health. 
The Disinterment Permit must be tacked (Do not paste or put in en¬ 
velope) on top of shipping box, same as the Yellow Paster, and must 
accompany body to destination. Local Registrars will issue to Wyo¬ 
ming Licensed Embalmers only, Removal Permits for disinterred bodies 
upon presentation of a Disinterment Permit properly signed by the 
Secretary of the State Board of Health. 

No disinterred body dead from any disease or cause named in 
Rule 2, shall be accepted for transportation until after dead at least 
two years. All disinterred bodies shall be treated as infectious or dan¬ 
gerous to public health, and shall not be accepted for transportation 
unless said removal has been approved by the authorities having juris¬ 
diction where such body is disinterred, and the consent of the author¬ 
ities of the locality to where the body is consigned has first been ob¬ 
tained, and all such disinterred remains shall be enveloped in a blanket 
saturated with a solution of bichloride of mercury, 1:1000 and enclosed 
in an air-tight, metaflic, zinc, tin, copper or lead-lined coffin or casket, 
all joints and seams hermetically sealed or soldered and encased in 
a strong, outside, wooden or metal box. Or, casket enveloped in 
a blanket saturated as above, encased in an air-tight, metallic, zinc, 
tin, copper or metal-lined box or metal shipping case, all joints or seams 
hermetically sealed or soldered. 

Bodies may be placed in receiving vaults awaiting shipment if 
prepared according to Rules 2 and 3, provided shipment is made within 
thirty (30) days from time of death. After thirty (30) days, rules 
governing disinterred bodies shall be enforced. 

RE-SHIPMENT. 

Rule 8. Bodies which have been embalmed and are in good condi¬ 
tion may be re-shipped by a Wyoming Licensed Embalmer by using 
Yellow Paster, filling out Licensed Embalmer’s Certificates Nos. 

1 and 2, and copying Original Physician’s, Coroner’s, Health Officer’s 
Certificates or Registrar’s Removal Permit. 

Bodies not in good condition shall not be re-shipped until said 
bodies have been prepared and disinfected according to the rules gov¬ 
erning the preparation and transportation of dead human bodies in 
this State. 

DEAD BODIES IN TRANSIT. 

Rule 9. It is further ordered by the State Board of Embalming, 
that every dead human body coming into this State of Wyoming 
in transit or for burial from other States, shall be accompanied by 
Physician’s, Coroner’s, Health Officer’s Certificate or Registrar’s 
Removal Permit, stating cause of death, etc., also by a certificate of 
a Licensed Embalmer, stating that the body has been embalmed ac¬ 
cording to the transportation rules of the State from where said body 
was shipped. 


The foregoing rules have been adopted by the Wyoming State Board of Embalming, and this paster is approved by the Wyoming 
State Board of Health. H. D. GLEASON, Secretary State Board of Embalming, 

Cheyenne, Wyoming. 


Information for Licensed Embalmers and Common Carriers, being Sections 9 and 15 of the Session Laws of 1913. 


Sec. 9. Any person who shall advertise, practice or hold himself 
or herself as practicing the science of embalming without having 
complied with the provisions of this act, shall be guilty of a misde¬ 
meanor and, upon conviction thereof before any court, shall be sen¬ 
tenced to pay a fine of not less than fifty dollars nor more than one 
hundred dollars for each and every offense; or any person, railroad, 
express company or common carrier who shall violate the provisions 
of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall pay a fine of 
not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars 
for each and every offense. 

Sec. 15. The State Board of Embalming shall from time to time 
adopt rifles and regulations not inconsistent with the laws of this 


State or of the United States, whereby the performance of the duties 
of the Secretary and said Board and the practice of embalming dead 
human bodies and transportation of same shall be regulated. All 
companies or individuals operating or controlling railroads, express 
companies, electric railways, coaches, public and private conveyances, 
and all licensed embalmers in this State shall obey the rules and regu¬ 
lations when made, and any licensed embalmer or any person or owner 
having charge of any railroad train, passenger coach, electric railway, 
public or private conveyance, who shall refuse or neglect to obey such 
rifles and regulations when made, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor 
and for each offense shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty 
dollars nor more than two hundred dollars. 


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REGISTRAR MUST SEND THIS ENTIRE DUPLICATE PASTER TO THE SECRETARY OF THE STATE BOARD OF HEALTH, CHEYENNE 


DUPLICATE 


PASTER 

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FOR USE ONLY BY WYOMING LICENSED EMBALMERS 


County .... 
Township 
City . 


Department of 

STATE BOARD OF HEALTH 
Bureau of Vital Statistics. 

REMOVAL PERMIT 


Permit No. 

Reg. Dist. No.- 


Full name . . Date of Death.Hour, . 

Disease causing death . > Age . , Sex . , Color 

Removal to . . Via . . 


P. M. 
A. M. 


Medical Attendant .. Address . 

A certificate of death having been filed in my office in accordance with the laws of Wyoming, I hereby authorize the REMOVAL of the 
body of said deceased person as stated above. 

Dated.... . ...191. Signed: .. Local Registrar 


Licensed Embalmer’s Certificate No. 1 

I hereby certify that the dead body of . . 

who died of .> consigned to —. 

City of ... . County of .. > State of. . . . 

has been prepared for transportation by me strictly in accordance with 

RULE No. (. ) and that I hold a valid license No. ( .. .), issued by The Wyoming State Board of Embalming. 

Signed: . 1 . , Licensed Embalmer. Residence .> W yoming 

AGENTS OR BAGGAGEMAN MUST FILL OUT FORM BELOW. 

RAILWAY TRANSIT FORM 

Date. 

p rom .... Wyoming to final destination ...— . , State ..... 


191 . 


via 


Corpse Check No. 


.. R. R.’s via Junctions 

Signed: . 


EXPRESS TRANSIT FORM 




Date 


l Agent. 

\ Baggageman. 


., 191 .. 


Consignor . Consignee . 

p rom . . Wyoming, to final destination .— . . State 

y| a . Express via Junction Points. . 

Corpse W.B. No.. Date . Signed:. 


., Express Agent 


SEE RULES AND INSTRUCTIONS ON OPPOSITE SIDE. 


A. M. 
P. M. 


DUPLICATE Licensed Embalmer’s Certificate No. 2 

THIS IS TO CERTIFY, That I prepared in accordance with 

Rule No. (...), the dead body of. 

who died oi.:. . Dat0 ot death .—-i ’ Hour 01 dealh . 

.hipped from city of.-...-.. <*** °<.#-. Wy0ming ' 

0 f ... County of . -> State of. 

on date.. 19.> by (give name of j or R 'ExpresJcSmp^y ( USCd) . 

and that I hold a Valid License No. (.), issued by the State Board of Embalming of the State of Wyoming. 

c . , , Licensed Embalmer. Residence.Wyoming. 

Signed:. ’ ■> , y 






























































































RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE PREPARATION 
AND TRANSPORTATION OF DEAD HUMAN BODIES 
IN THE STATE OF WYOMING 


USE YELLOW PASTER. 

Rule I. Yellow Pasters used for the transportation of dead 
human bodies must contain Registrar’s Removal Permit, Licensed 
Embahner’s Certificates Nos. 1 and 2. Railway and Express Transit 
Form. Paster must be approved by the Wyoming State Board of 
Health. Said Pasters to be furnished by the Wyoming State Board 
of Embalming, and issued only to embalmers holding a valid license 
from said Board. 

The embahner who prepares a body for shipment must fill out 
Licensed Embalmer’s Certificates Nos. 1 and 2, also secure Registrar’s 
Removal Permit, all properly filled out in duplicate and signed. Said 
Embalmer shall detach Original Licensed Embalmer’s Certificate No. 
2 and immediately forward same to the Secretary of the Wyoming 
State Board of Embalming. The Registrar shall detach entire Dupli¬ 
cate Paster and immediately forward the same to the Secretary of the 
State Board of Health, Cheyenne, W yoming. 

The Agent of any railway or common carrier who receives an 
embalmed dead human body for transportation must fill out Railway 
or Express Transit Form in" duplicate and sign. He shall securely 
tack (do not paste or put in envelope), Original Yellow Paster con¬ 
taining Registrar’s Removal Permit, Licensed Embalmer’s Certificate 
No. 1, and Transit Form, on top of shipping box or case (so it can be 
easily read), and said Yellow Paster must accompany body to destina¬ 
tion. 

No person, railway company, or common carrier shall receive for 
transportation any dead human bod}' unless said body is accompanied 
by a valid Paster, properly filled out and signed. 

No embalmed dead human body (except disinterred body) shall 
be accepted for transportation unless process has been completed 
at least twelve (12) hours. 

The use of embalming fluids, hardening compounds and preser¬ 
vatives for the preparation of dead human bodies, containing mineral 
poison, is strictly forbidden in the State of Wyoming after October 
1st, 1913, and the labels on containers shall read: “No Mineral 
Poison”. 

All embalming fluids used for embalming, in the State of Wyo¬ 
ming, shall have the per cent, of formaldehyde gas as contained in 
the original package, and also the per cent, of formaldehyde gas as 
used according to directions, plainly and correctly stated on the label. 

All shipping boxes or cases must have at least six (6) handles. 

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES. 

Rule 2. The bodies of those who have died of measles, erysipelas, 
diphtheria, (or any diphtheritic disease, including heart failure, croup, 
membraneous croup, angina maligna, putrid sore throat, malignant 
sore throat), scarlet fever, (sometimes called scarlatina, scarlet rash, 
scarlatinal nephritis, canker rash, rash) Rocky Mountain spotted 
fever, glanders, anthrax, small-pox, (variola, varioloid), chicken-pox, 
(varicella), Asiatic cholera, yellow fever, yphus fever, bubonic plague, 
spinal meningitis, pellagra, anterior poliomyelitis (infantile paralysis), 
or leprosy, shall not be transported nor accepted for transportation 
unless prepared by being thoroughly d; infected by (a) arterial and 
cavity injection with an approved disinfecting fluid containing not 
less than fourteen (14) per cent, of 40 per cent, formaldehyde solution 
and that the amount of fluid injected arterially, in addition to cavity 
injection, must not be less than one-thirteenth (1-13) of the body 
weight; (b) disinfecting, and stopping all orifices with dry absorbent 
cotton; (c) washing the body with a disinfectant, i. e., a solution of 
bichloride of mercury 1 to 1000 (7 Vi grains of the bichloride of merem-y 
to one pint of water), and enveloping body in a sheet saturated with 
same solution. After being prepared and disinfected as above, such 
body shall be enclosed in an air-tight, metaflic, zinc, tin, copper, or 
lead-lined coffin or casket, all joints and seams hermetically sealed or 
soldered and all encased in a strong, outside wooden or metal box. 
Or, the body being prepared and disinfected as above, may be enclosed 
in a coffin or casket, and the coffin or casket encased in an air-tight, 
metallic, zinc, tin or copper-fined, wooden* shipping box, or all-metal 
shipping case, all joints and seams hermetically sealed or soldered. 

The embahner must adhere strictly to modem, sanitary methods 
in regard to disinfection, in preparing dead human bodies for shipment 
under this rule. 

NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES. 

Rule 3. Bodies dead from any cause not stated in Rule 2, may 
be received for transportation when prepared by being thoroughly 
disinfected by (a) arterial and cavity injections, with an approved 
disinfecting fluid containing not less than 10 per cent, of 40 per cent, 
formaldehyde solution; (b) disinfecting, and stopping all orifices 
with dry absorbent cotton; and (c) washing body with a disinfectant. 


After being prepared and disinfected as above, such bodies shall be 
enclosed in a coffin or casket, encased in a strong outside, wooden box 
or metal shipping case. 

THIRTY HOUR LIMIT. 

Rule 4. Bodies dead from any cause not stated in Rule 2, may 
be received for transportation when Rule 2 as to hermetical-sealing 
is observed, provided they can reach their destination within thirty 
(30) hours from the time of death. If the body cannot reach its des¬ 
tination within thirty (30) hours from the time of death, it must be 
prepared for shipment by a Wyoming licensed embalmer in the manner 
directed in Rule 3. 

MANGLED, BURNED, ETC. 

Rule S. Bodies dead from any cause not stated in Rule 2, such 
as bodies badly mangled or burned that cannot be prepared under 
Rule 3, may be accepted for transportation by being thoroughly dis¬ 
infected by an approved disinfecting compound or preservative and 
by using air-tight sealing as required in Rule 2. 

MEDICAL SCHOOLS, ANATOMY, ETC. 

Rule 6. The bodies of those dead from any cause except puer¬ 
peral fever and those stated in Rule 2 to be used for demonstration 
of anatomy, in colleges and schools of embalming, or for the use of the 
State Board of Embalming, may be received for transportation when 
prepared by being thoroughly disinfected by arterial injection with 
an approved disinfecting fluid. After being prepared as above, such 
bodies shall be enclosed in a coffin or casket, encased in a strong, wooden 
box, or in a zinc, tin, copper or metal-lined box, or metallic shipping 
case. 

DISINTERRED BODIES. 

Rule 7. Before bodies can be disinterred, a Disinterment Permit 
must be obtained from the Secretary of the State Board of Health. 
The Disinterment Permit must be tacked (Do not paste or put in en¬ 
velope) on top of shipping box, same as the Yellow Paster, and must 
accompany body to destination. Local Registrars will issue to Wyo¬ 
ming Licensed Embalmers only, Removal Permits for disinterred bodies 
upon presentation of a Disinterment Permit properly signed by the 
Secretary of the State Board of Health. 

No disinterred body dead from any disease or cause named in 
Rule 2, shall be accepted for transportation until after dead at least 
two years. All disinterred bodies shall be treated as infectious or dan¬ 
gerous to public health, and shall not be accepted for transportation 
unless said removal has been approved by the authorities having juris¬ 
diction where such body is disinterred, and the consent of the author¬ 
ities of the locality to where the body is consigned has first been ob¬ 
tained, and all such disinterred remains shall be enveloped in a blanket 
saturated with a solution of bichloride of mercury, 1:1000 and enclosed 
in an air-tight, metallic, zinc, tin, copper or lead-lined coffin or casket, 
all joints and seams hermetically sealed or soldered and encased in 
a strong, outside, wooden or metal box. Or, casket enveloped in 
a blanket saturated as above, encased in an air-tight, metallic, zinc, 
tin, copper or metal-lined box or metal shipping case, all joints or seams 
hermetically sealed or soldered. 

Bodies may be placed in receiving vaults awaiting shipment if 
prepared according to Rules 2 and 3, provided shipment is made within 
thirty (30) days from time of death. After thirty (30) days, rules 
governing disinterred bodies shall be enforced. 

RE-SHIPMENT. 

Rule 8. Bodies which have been embalmed and are in good condi¬ 
tion may be re-shipped by a Wyoming Licensed Embalmer by using 
Yellow Paster, filling out Licensed Embalmer’s Certificates Nos. 

1 and 2, and copying Original Physician’s, Coroner’s, Health Officer’s 
Certificates or Registrar’s Removal Permit. 

Bodies not in good condition shall not be re-shipped until said 
bodies have been prepared and disinfected according to the rules gov¬ 
erning the preparation and transportation of dead human bodies in 
this State. 

DEAD BODIES IN TRANSIT. 

Rule 9. It is further Ordered by the State Board of Embalming, 
that every dead human body coming into this State of Wyoming 
in transit or for burial from other States, shall be accompanied by 
Physician’s, Coroner’s, Health Officer’s Certificate or Registrar’s 
Removal Permit, stating cause of death, etc., also by a certificate of 
a Licensed Embahner, stating that the body has been embalmed ac¬ 
cording to the transportation rules of the State from where said body 
was shipped. 


The foregoing rules have been adopted by the Wyoming 
State Board of Health. 


State Board of Embalming, and this paster is approved by the Wyoming 
H. D. GLEASON, Secretary State Board of Embalming, 

Cheyenne, Wyoming. 


Information for Licensed Embalmers and Common Carriers, being Sections 9 and 15 of the Session Laws of 1913. 


Sec. 9. Any person who shall advertise, practice or hold himself 
or herself as practicing the science of embalming without haring 
complied with the provisions of this act, shall be guilty of a misde¬ 
meanor and, upon conviction thereof before any court, shall be sen¬ 
tenced to pay a fine of not less than fifty dollars nor more than one 
hundred dollars for each and every offense: or any person, railroad, 
express company or common carrier w T ho shall violate the provisions 
of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall pay a fine of 
not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars 
for each and every offense. 

Sec. 15. The State Board of Embalming shall from time to time 
adopt rules and regulations not inconsistent with the laws of this 


State or of the United States, whereby the performance of the duties 
of the Secretary and said Board and the practice of embalming dead 
human bodies and transportation of same shall be regulated. All 
companies or individuals operating or controlling railroads, express 
companies, electric railways, coaches, public and private conveyances, 
and all licensed embalmers in this State shall obey the rules and regu¬ 
lations when made, and any licensed embalmer or any person or owner 
having charge of any railroad train, passenger coach, electric railway, 
public or private conveyance, who shall refuse or neglect to obey such 
rules and regulations when made, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor 
and for each offense shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty 
dollars nor more than two hundred dollars. 







